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. 2024 Sep 13;14:21418. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-72468-y

Table 5.

Substances and resources categorized based on the damage assessment.

Damage assessment
Substance/resource Value UM DC
Pectin Limonene Total
Ethanol (from fermentation) 5.36 × 10–5 1.09 × 10–6 5.47 × 10–5 DALY HH
Electricity 3.60 × 10–6 7.34 × 10–8 3.67 × 10–6
Cyclopentyl methyl ether 8.52 × 10–8 1.74 × 10–9 8.69 × 10–8
Water ultrapure 8.16 × 10–8 1.67 × 10–9 8.33 × 10–8
Hydrochloric acid 2.51 × 10–8 5.12 × 10–10 2.56 × 10–8
Sodium sulphate 5.11 × 10–9 1.04 × 10–10 5.21 × 10–9
Wastewater 1.51 × 10–9 3.08 × 10–11 1.54 × 10–9
Municipal solid waste 4.29 × 10–10 8.75 × 10–12 4.37 × 10–10
Ethanol (from fermentation) 9.69 1.98 × 10–1 9.89 PDF * m2 * y EQ
Electricity 8.97 × 10–1 1.83 × 10–2 9.15 × 10–1
Water ultrapure 4.14 × 10–2 8.44 × 10–4 4.22 × 10–2
Cyclopentyl methyl ether 9.05 × 10–3 1.85 × 10–4 9.23 × 10–3
Wastewater 7.48 × 10–3 1.53 × 10–4 7.63 × 10–3
Hydrochloric acid 7.41 × 10–3 1.51 × 10–4 7.56 × 10–3
Sodium sulphate 1.41 × 10–3 2.88 × 10–5 1.44 × 10–3
Municipal solid waste 1.16 × 10–4 2.38 × 10–6 1.19 × 10–4
Electricity 6.29 1.28 × 10–1 6.42 kg CO2 CC
Ethanol (from fermentation) 2.03 4.14 × 10–2 2.07
Cyclopentyl methyl ether 7.76 × 10–2 1.58 × 10–3 7.92 × 10–2
Water ultrapure 6.68 × 10–2 1.36 × 10–3 6.82 × 10–2
Hydrochloric acid 2.81 × 10–2 5.74 × 10–4 2.87 × 10–2
Sodium sulphate 6.01 × 10–3 1.23 × 10–4 6.13 × 10–3
Municipal solid waste 1.88 × 10–3 3.83 × 10–5 1.92 × 10–3
Wastewater 7.24 × 10–4 1.48 × 10–5 7.39 × 10–4
Electricity 1.06 × 102 2.15 1.08 × 102 Primary-energy MJ R
Ethanol (from fermentation) 2.75 × 101 5.62 × 10–1 2.81 × 101
Cyclopentyl methyl ether 2.34 4.78 × 10–2 2.39
Water ultrapure 1.04 2.13 × 10–2 1.07
Hydrochloric acid 5.65 × 10–1 1.15 × 10–2 5.76 × 10–1
Sodium sulphate 1.18 × 10–1 2.40 × 10–3 1.20 × 10–1
Wastewater 8.93 × 10–3 1.82 × 10–4 9.11 × 10–3
Municipal solid waste 5.35 × 10–3 1.09 × 10–4 5.46 × 10–3